In 2016, one of the heroes of the "Person of the Year Who Moved China" was elected, that is, Our Carrier Aircraft Pilot Zhang Chao, whose deeds were known to all Chinese. This is a legend about the sea and the sky, and it is also a heroic epic that can be sung and wept. It also makes us remember one ordinary hero after another.
April 27, 2016, 12:50 PM. Zhang Chao piloted the No. 117 J-15 fighter jet and prepared to land. As the last sortie in training today. Zhang Chao nervously prepared for land-based simulated take-off and landing training. 12:59。 Zhang Chao piloted the fighter jet into the landing course. He skillfully lowered his height, touching the ground at the rear wheel, touching the ground with the front wheel, and then entering the taxiing state. But at this moment, the plane suddenly lost control. The fuselage was violently raised, and in the confusion of everyone, Zhang Chao catapulted out of the cabin and died after falling to the ground. The warplanes then hit the ground and there was a serious explosion. The whole base rushed out, trying to figure out what was going on? But this hero who fought against the sea and the air left us forever.
All along, Zhang Chao's dream is to fly a fighter jet above the blue sky. And he has been working towards this goal. In 2004, Zhang Chao, who was studying in high school, resolutely signed up for the pilot assessment. Eventually, he successfully enlisted in the army. After five years of training at the Flight Academy, Zhang Chao has developed a strong flying skill. At that time, the school was very reluctant to let him leave, and wanted him to stay as an instructor. But he thought he had to go to the front-line combat units in order to play his full ability. In his mind, the naval aviation was sacred, and he signed up for the unit where the sea and air guard Wang Wei was stationed, and became a glorious naval aviation.
In 2015, the Carrier-based Fighter Unit was formed and began looking for pilots in the Naval Aviation Corps. Zhang Chao was the first in the whole regiment to apply. At that time, Zhang Chao's daughter had just turned one year old, and everything in the family needed to be taken care of. However, Zhang Chao found the regiment leader five times and said that he must join the carrier-based aircraft unit. In the end, the leader who could not withstand Zhang Chao's soft and hard bubbles could only choose to agree to his request. So he sent his daughter and wife back to their hometown and became a carrier-based pilot.
Before becoming a carrier-based aircraft pilot, Zhang Chao had already flown the Type VIII aircraft. Before flying each kind of aircraft, he will strictly follow the process of ground training, air training, etc., no matter which kind of aircraft, he must master to the extreme. In September 2013, Zhang Chao began flying third-generation aircraft. At that time, the regiment was equipped with J-11B fighters. This fighter is different from the J-7, J-8 and other aircraft he flew before. Basically, you have to learn everything from scratch. In order to be able to grasp the flight performance of the aircraft as quickly as possible. He has a key, a key of familiar functions. Learn the circuit principles of the aircraft and score every system of the aircraft. At every cockpit internship, he was the one who had been training the longest. Soon, he reached the standard of one touch and one mouth. Hundreds of maneuvers and procedures are remembered during each flight. Hundreds of aerial special situation disposal schemes can also be reversed. Under his unremitting efforts, he completed the task of reloading the third-generation aircraft four months in advance and completed the solo flight.
In 2015, Zhang Chao passed the assessment of flight technology and psychological quality, and successfully entered the carrier-based aircraft unit. But zhang chao came a little late. But he still insisted on going online with his comrades-in-arms, and in order to catch up with the progress, he studied theory during the day every day, sorted out notes at night, and pulled the lever every day when he slept in his dreams. In this way, he completed the flight training of the carrier-based aircraft in less than half the time he took his comrades. After each flight, he had to analyze the deviations in his movements to the commander and ask his comrades to point out his mistakes. At the end of each flight, he would replay the video of the day's flight. One action, one action, and finally became the best flying technology in the whole aviation regiment. But the flight of carrier-based aircraft is always accompanied by danger. According to data analysis from all over the world, the risk factor for carrier-based aircraft pilots is five times that of astronauts. Compared with ordinary pilots, it is 20 times more.
At the time of Zhang Chao's sacrifice, there were less than three days left before he officially embarked on the Liaoning. Later, flight experts analyzed the entire process of the accident. On this day, at the same time that the tires of the plane landed, it reported to Zhang Chao that the fly-by-wire fault aircraft suddenly lost control, and the nose of the aircraft rose sharply. Zhang Chao pushed the joystick forward at the last minute, trying to keep the nose down to control the fighter. But just 4.4 seconds after the accident, the elevation angle of the fuselage exceeded 80 degrees. Seeing that he could no longer control the plane, he chose to eject the magazine. However, at this moment, the fighter plane exploded, and Zhang Chao died heroically. At the center of the runway at the time, the camera filmed the entire accident. When Zhang Chao landed the fighter, the lateral deviation did not exceed two meters. Such an operation was scored by the commander with a high score of three points. In fact, 4.4 seconds, for an excellent pilot, is completely enough to escape on his own, but Zhang Chao chose to keep the plane.
When the J-15 fighter was designed, it arranged a very advanced catapult system. Zero-altitude ejection is possible. That is to say, when the plane just called the police, if Zhang Chao decisively pressed the catapult button, then he could save his life, but he still tried to remedy it before the last moment, rather than jumping. It was this responsibility and responsibility that ultimately made this pilot regret haitian.
How did this plane get into an accident? We immediately analyzed it. The J-15 fighter is a very advanced fighter that uses the world's most advanced fly-by-wire flight control system. The so-called fly-by-wire flight control is to control the aircraft by relying on the airborne computer system and electrical signals. Once there is a connection problem between the flight control system and the actuation system. Then the flight control system will directly lose control of the aircraft, and eventually cause the aircraft to crash.
The mission of the first generation of carrier-based aircraft pilots represented by Zhang Chao is to use their own flights to accumulate experience. And they know that this road is not easy. Fighter pilots are born to win battles, test pilots are dashing and brutal, and the limits they challenge often come at the cost of their lives. Zhang Chao's accident made us sacrifice an excellent pilot with unlimited prospects. However, his sacrifice has made a contribution to the early detection of the problems on the plane and for the sacrifice of future comrades-in-arms.
Immediately after Zhang Chao's sacrifice, we updated all the fighter systems. The supplementary real-time operating system has filled a major gap in The country. It also takes the safety of the aircraft to the next level. In the study room of the unit where Zhang Chao was alive. Every later warrior must know that he once had an ancestor who sacrificed himself on the flying runway for their safety. Every Year, April is set as Zhang Chao's learning month, and learning Zhang Chao's heroic deeds has become the first lesson for carrier-based aircraft pilots to enter the camp.
Although the hero has left us, the spirit of the hero has always surrounded us. It is the generations of Chinese soldiers who have forged ahead. In 2019, Zhang Chao was posthumously awarded the People's Hero.